The Egyptian Struggle and Beyond
A long transition in the Middle East – difficult, time-consuming, and expensive – is underway. And, while many in the West believe that it should be someone else’s job to help sort it out, this struggle matters to everyone.
LONDON – The events that led Egypt’s military to remove President Mohamed Morsi confronted the army with a simple choice: intervention or chaos. Seventeen million people in the street is not the same thing as an election. But it is an awesome manifestation of people power.